How or whom determines the rotating Easter holiday?

Pete L: How or whom determines the rotating Easter holiday?
This year, Easter is March 23rd. Some years it is in mid April. Who determijnes which day Easter is celibrated?

Answers and Views:

Answer by David W
The Easter Bunny…duh

Answer by Lumpy Milk
Ah. Interesting question.

Most Christian festivals and holidays are placed depending on moon & season cycles.

Christmas always falls near the Summer/Winter solstice (depending on your hemisphere), and likewise Easter always falls near the Equinox.
The placements are also dependant on moon cycles, but I am not sure of the specifics in that area.

Think of it as a pagan twist on Christian celebrations.
…Is that really a good thing?

Answer by oxymandia
An ecclesiastical council did, in the 4th century.
Easter is –
the first Sunday
after the first full moon
after March 20.

Answer by Dave S
Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the first day of Spring. Sounds confusing, doesn’t it? Here’s how it works. First you have to have the first day of Spring. That is always March 20th. Then you have to have a full moon. This year that is March 21st. The following Sunday is Easter.

Answer by M
Summary Answer (details following):
Celebration of Easter is based on both a Lunar [New Moon] event and a Solar calendar:

In CE 2008, Easter is March 23rd due to much earlier “calendar constructions”.

1. First Council of Nicaea (325 CE) calendar construction kept Easter on a Sunday of the Julian (Solar) calendar.

2. Pope Gregory XIII (1582 CE) reconstructed calendar to include “leap (Solar) year”.

3. Pope Gregory revised “Easter tables” as follows:

–Easter falls on the first Sunday following the first “ecclesiastical” full moon that occurs on or after the day of the vernal equinox;

–this particular “ecclesiastical” full moon is the 14th day of a tabular lunation (New Moon); and

–the vernal equinox is fixed as March 21.

Note: In time prior to First Council of Nicaea (325 CE) much disagreement existed regarding celebration of Easter. Some disagreement persists even today among various sects of Christianity.

Answer by kclightman
It’s the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox. This year, the full moon is pretty much right after the Equinox, so Easter is very early.

This formula is used by the Catholic Church, who adopted the Pagan holiday to make the new religion more palatable to converts who flatly refused to give up their festivals (ditto Halloween and Christmas).

Answer by Mary P
churches school government.

Answer by Joe
The pope stupid

Answer by Yellowgirl
For the complete and total explanation, go to

https://www.assa.org.au/edm.html